Wall decoration



Nov. 8, 1927 1,648,021

A. LABRAM WALL DECORATION Filed Jan. 11. 1927 y BWI/m60@ wenn PatentedNov. 8, 1927.

UNTTED STATES PATENT oFFICE.

ALFRED LABRAM, OF ISLEWORTH, ENGLAND, ASSIG-NOR TO W. H. S. LLOYD CO.,OF i NEW YORK, N. Y., .A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WALL DECORATION.

Application filed January 11, 1927.

This invention relates to improvements in wall decorations and themethod of hanging the same.

lt has been common practice to apply a strip of wall-paper to a wall ina horizontal position where the space to be covered is no wider than thestrip itselr". This practice is generally known in the wall-paper tradeas railroading. However, is so tar as known, it has never before beenproposed to railroad and match a number of strips each less in widththan the entire surface to be covered and all of which combine to form acomplete covering for a wall. It has also been customary to superimposetop and'bottorn border strips or friezes in a horizontal position on theusual vertically arranged strips, but this practice results in a lossot' time and waste of material since the portion of the vertical stripsbeneath said border strips are covered and of no utility after theapplication of the latter strips.

In accordance with the present invention, it is proposed to so arrangethe designs upon a plurality of strips constituting the entire covering`for a surface that said strips may all be matched with each other andarranged horizontally on a wall. These strips may all be provided witha. basic or common design with certain of the strips having, in additionthereto, diii'erent elements in the form of figures, owers and the like,which will produce a certain degree of contrast between the variousstrips.

The inventive idea is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which is afragmentary plan view of a wall decoration made in accordance with theinvention.

In the drawing the numerals l, 2 and 3 indicate, respectively, the top,intermediate and bottom strips of the decoration. Although oneintermediate strip is shown, it is to be understood thatv two or morestrips may be used depending upon the height of awall or other surfaceto be covered. The strips are all hung horizontally or .railroaded onthe wall as distinguished from the usual method of hanging the stripsver-y Serial No. 160,338.

t-ically, the meeting edges of the strips being indicated by the dot anddash lines in the drawing. When all three of the strips are secured inposition they combine to form the entire covering for the wall, thedesigns on the top and bottom strips being such that no additionalborder or frieze strips need be employed.

The strips are all provided with a common or basic design whichconsists, as shown, of latticework 4 and some form of flower design 5,such as a representation of wistaria or the like. By thus providing acommon design tor all of the strips, it will be apparent that they maybe easily matched with respect to each other by shifting themlongitudinally relative to each other, if necessary, so as to iorm acontinuo-us or unbroken design. In addition to the basic de* signcertain of the strips, such as thestrips 2 and 3, may have otherelements thereon constituting a part of the design, such as the birds 6on the strip 2 and the representation of some other flower, such as thedat todils 7 on the strip 3. In this manner a certain degree of contrastis provided between the various strips which will render the design moreetl'ective in appearance.

What is claimed is:

1. A wall decoration including a plurality of strips each having a basicdesign thereon of a character which will permit the design on one stripto be matched with and form a continuation of the design on any otherstrip when the strips arelaid together, and certain of said stripshaving other elements thereon in addition to the basic design to att'orda contrast between the strips.

2. A wall decoration including top, bottom and intermediate stripsconstituting a complete covering for a wall, said strips being appliedto the wall horizontally and all of them having thereon a basic designwhich will enable ,the matching 0i' one or more intermediate strips witheither of the others to form a continuation of the basic design, andcertain of said strips having other elements in additionto the basicdesign which afford a contrast between the on the other strips wherebyto enable the various strips. design on one strip to be matched withthat 3. A wall decoration including a pluralon any other strip. 10 it ofstrips combining to constitute a com- In testimony whereof I haveaffixed my 5 p ete covering for the wall, said strips each signature.

having a different design thereon which conforms in some of its aspectsto the designs ALFRED LABRAM.

